CA based vs. TX Resident
 

So,

How do I deal with the California tax board folks if they come after me for my earnings?

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/49/40116

They can't do it. They can however charge you CA SDI which is a good deal if you ever need it.
which is a good deal if you ever need it.

Stay in your bunker and hoard your guns.

Don't forget to keep your Bible close at hand.


Don't know if anyone saw it in the news, but very near my home a local Jewelry store was robbed at gun point by four armed assailants. Family owned store. There were customers in the store and an elderly woman whom was being forced to turn over her purse to one of the robbers.

One of the robbers fired a shot, the owners returned fire, two with hand guns, one with an AK47. One robber shot dead, the other 3 bailed.

Jeff got the AK 47 after a failed robbery attempt two years prior where he felt his shotgun was not sufficient fire-power.

https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=J...bery&FORM=EWRE

They can only tax the money you make on flights that originate and terminate in CA. Dont bid LAX-SFO and you'll be fine.

Actually, that's not entirely correct either unless more than 50% of your flights are within CA over the whole year.

I also heard it's a good deal if you ever need it.

Friend of mine at SWA who lives in Vegas but is based in OAK, used it when she was out on maternity leave. It was a sizeable chunk of money she got every month. I don't remember the exact amount but it was enough to make me say "wow."

I live in TX and am based in CA. I get CA SDI deducted each month. It's not that much. And, No income tax is deducted because I reside in Texas.

You can say that again. Seriously, though, it can be a great deal if you run out of sick bank before LTD kicks in. Tops out right now at about $4000/month but you can use it as long as you need it. I've heard it can be a bit of a fight with the company to get them to draw on it but it can be done.

If you read the CA tax instructions they reference a few statutes on what would qualify you as a resident. Unlike other states where the statutes are statutes... i.e. entered the state a number of times or stayed in the state a percent of the year, CA counts "ties" to the state. If you have the most ties to CA then you are a CA resident.

But they don't actually count ties using numbers because that would make sense. It's not really correct to count them e.g. +1 bank TX, +1 vote TX, -1 work CA. Instead you count them with a lawyer using lawyer logic, legal math, and judicial physics. This is because CA is the only state in the USA where the lawyers' union is written into the state constitution.

Basically, you are a resident of CA until proven otherwise. This includes everyone,from an ORD 747 CA commuting from Minneapolis to a Vietnamese fishermen living and working in Danang.

Been based in SFO for over 20 years, live in NV, never heard a peep from CA in regards to taxes.

None of this matters if you are an airlinee crewmember. If you are a resident of another state and more than 1/2 your income is generated outside of CA you don't pay CA taxes.

Those rules you state are for everyone EXCEPT airline crewmembers. Federal Code specifically addresses this and CA can't supercede it.